Monday, April 18, 2016

All "media buttons" stopped working. AGAIN. Windows 7

All "media buttons" stopped working. AGAIN. Windows 7

This is the third time this has happened to me, and this time it's the last straw because none of the "fixes" i did the other two times work this time.To be a bit more clear on what I mean by "media buttons" is next/prev.track, play/pause, vol up/down, mute, and stop.NO, it is nothing to do with my keyboard, because even sending the key(s) through a mouse or program doesn't work.I have googled this to DEATH, and I can't even find one case of ANYONE ELSE having this problem.

It may be useful to know how I fixed it the other two times.First time, I honestly don't know what I did.One day as randomly as it stopped working, it started working again.(I reinstalled Windows at some point between the first time this happened and the second time.)Second time, I uninstalled Windows Media Player and restarted about 4 times and then remembered to check if it worked and it did.This time, Windows Media Player is still gone.

It has nothing to do with the player I am using, because it has nothing to do with it.(Mute and volume up/down don't work even if it is not open.)

EditI forgot some things...sfc /scannow didn't solve anything.The drivers are up to date on everything.I have tried doing a "clean boot" and had no results.I have tried booting in safe mode.I have tried a system restore to before the problem started.